When arriving in Peru, your baggage may be inspected, please refer to the list of acceptable personal baggage items below.
The regulations listed are applicable to Peruvians, foreign residents living in Peru as well as to all foreign tourists as they enter the country.
Note: During your visit to Peru it is absolutely forbidden to purchase and to attempt to remove from the country any archaeological or historical objects. Peru has international agreements with most all countries and will confiscate these objects when they are removed from Peru.
Baggage:
The following personal articles are exempt from customs duty:
c. Reasonable amount of personal jewelry
d. A hair drier.
e. An electric shaver
f. A camera and up to five (5) rolls of film.
g. A videotape cassette recorder, not for professional use and up to five (5) rolls or cassettes.
h. Phonographic disks, recording tapes, compact disks or cassettes, all together for a maximum of ten (10).
i. Five cassettes for videotape recording.
j. A portable electronic calculator.
k. Medications for personal use.
l. Books, magazines
m. Up to twenty (20) packs of cigarettes, or fifty (50) cigars, or two hundred fifty (250) grams of chopped tobacco or in strands, to smoke.
n. Up to three (3) liters of liquor.
o. Up to three hundred American dollars (US. $300) in total of miscellaneous articles for personal use, traveler’s consumption or gifts. Not intended for re-sale in Peru
p. An electric or electronic portable typewriter.
q. A wind or cord musical instrument.
r. A radio receiver, or a recording radio, or a cassette player, or a tape recorder, or a conventional record player or a compact disk, or a component that contains them all, whenever it is portable, with its own power source.
s. Suitcases, bags or other baggage containers that contain the objects that constitute the traveler’s baggage.
t. The objects declared as baggage at the departure of the country, that are listed in declaration of temporary departure (for Peruvians and residents in Peru)
u. A live animal pet (see below for more detail)
In the case of the handicapped or ill travelers, permitted is the equipment necessary for mobilization (wheelchairs, stretchers, crutches excreta).
To those younger than 18 years old, items listed in m and n are not permitted.
It is absolutely forbidden to bring into Peru fresh vegetables, fruit or meats.
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Pets:
Pets may enter as passenger’s baggage, in the cabin (cats and dogs only), or as cargo, check with your airline carrier for more information:
From US
Dogs and cats must have a “US Interstate and International Certificate of Health examination for Small Animals”. This is a form you’ll get from your veterinarian. The vet will perform a regular health check and update any necessary vaccinations, then fill out and sign the form. After you have the form from the vet, you’ll need to have it certified by the United States Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov or check your phone book for your local office. More information is available on the Peruvian consulate website.
